173-4-04.2
Restaurant and grocery meal service.

(A)
"Restaurant and grocery meal service"
means a service that consists of administrative functions; meal production; and
the provision of nutritious, safe, and appealing meals for eligible consumers
who are at least sixty years of age; and the provision of the nutrition-related
services described in rules
173-4-05 to
173-4-09 of the Administrative
Code. The purpose of a the service is to promote health, to reduce risk of
malnutrition, to improve nutritional status, to reduce social isolation, and to
link older adults to community services.

(1)
Through an
agreement with a restaurant or grocery, the provider or the AAA may provide a
meal service from the restaurant or grocery to a consumer who is geographically
isolated, to a consumer with religious or ethnic dietary needs, or to a
consumer who needs meals at a time when the usual congregate nutrition program
is not open, such as during mornings, evenings, or weekends, or to a consumer
who needs a home-delivered meal, or as authorized by the AAA.

(2)
Vouchers: The provider or the AAA may
institute a system of issuing meal vouchers for congregate or home-delivered
meals that a consumer may redeem at the restaurant or grocery so long as the
provider or the AAA:

(a)
Offers the vouchers
to the eligible consumers while asking for a voluntary contribution;

(b)
Keeps the consumer's level of the
voluntary contribution in confidence;

(c)
Provides instructions to the consumer on
how to voluntarily contribute as little or as much as the consumer can afford;
and,

(d)
Clearly informs each
consumer that he/she has no obligation to contribute and that the contribution
is purely voluntary. It is the consumer who determines how much he/she is able
to contribute toward the cost. The provider shall not deny a consumer a meal
because the consumer does not contribute.

(3)
Consumer identification: The provider or
the AAA shall adopt one of the following three policies when providing a meal
service through a restaurant or grocery:

(a)
A policy that requires a consumer to register with the provider or the AAA to
receive an identification card. When the consumer visits the restaurant or
grocery store, the consumer may show the identification card to the designated
staff person at the restaurant or grocery store to receive a prepared meal or
to select a prepared meal from a menu of meals that meet the meal requirements
established in rule
173-4-05 of the Administrative
Code. The restaurant or grocery shall provide the consumer with the opportunity
to voluntarily contribute to the cost of the meal;

(b)
A policy that requires a consumer to
register with the provider or the AAA to receive meal vouchers. At the time the
vouchers are received, the provider or AAA shall provide the consumer with the
opportunity to voluntarily contribute to the cost of the meal. When the
consumer visits the restaurant or grocery store, the consumer shall provide a
voucher to the designated staff person at the restaurant or grocery store to
receive a prepared meal or to select a prepared meal from a menu of meals that
meet the meal requirements established in rule
173-4-05 of the Administrative
Code; or,

(c)
A policy that
requires the restaurant or grocery that has entered into an agreement with the
provider or the AAA to verify that a new consumer is at least sixty years of
age before providing a meal, to have each consumer sign in, to complete the
required SAMS data, and to obtain a disclosure signature from the consumer. The
restaurant or grocery shall regularly submit all required documentation to the
AAA that identifies the individual consumers and the number of meals served to
those consumers.

(a)
The restaurant or grocery shall maintain
documentation that all meals prepared by the restaurant or grocery comply with
sections 918.01 to
918.31 of the Revised Code and
Chapter 3717-1 of the Administrative Code, which is also known as "The State
ofOhio Uniform Food Safety Code."

(c)
No later than five calendar days after
receipt of a critical citation issued by the local health department of the
Ohio department of agriculture, the restaurant or grocery shall report to the
provider or the AAA the critical citation and also a corrective action plan.

(a)
The restaurant or grocery shall promptly
notify the local health department when a person complains of an outbreak of
food-borne illness.

(b)
No more
than two calendar days after the occurrence or receipt of a complaint of an
outbreak of food-borne illness, the restaurant or grocery shall report the
complaint to provider or the AAA.

(7)
Emergencies: The provider or the AAA
shall distribute information to consumers on how to stock an emergency food
shelf.

(8)
Staff training: Using a
protocol established by the AAA, the restaurant or grocery shall maintain
documentation of training provided to each staff member.

(9)
Nutrition consultation and nutrition
education: The provider agreement shall determine whether it is the
responsibility of the provider or the AAA to provide to each consumer enrolled
in the home-delivered or congregate nutrition
programs a nutrition consultation service under rule
173-4-06 of the Administrative
Code, a nutrition education service under rule
173-4-07 of the Administrative
Code, or both services.

(10)
Records: The provider shall develop and utilize a system for documenting meals
served. Acceptable methods for documenting meals served include:

(a)
Maintaining a daily, weekly, or monthly
attendance sheet for meals that is signed by the provider or a designee of the
provider; or,